I carry a couple of spare headlight bulbs. That's all I've needed in 240k miles in 20 countries on 12GS's. Doubt that anyone can guess what is going to break. You will end up carrying 40+ pounds of dead weight. Save your money for petrol.

I carry a couple of spare headlight bulbs. That's all I've needed in 240k miles in 20 countries on 12GS's. Doubt that anyone can guess what is going to break. You will end up carrying 40+ pounds of dead weight. Save your money for petrol.

Thx but I guess that's my question. Most of that info, and lots of other posts on FPC & EWS are from a few years ago. I was asking if these are still ongoing problems or resolved.

My bike's EWS ring was replaced at 8k miles and the FPC recall was done at 59k miles (no problems with the FPC before the recall). Over 113k miles now and no problems with either of these things so they seem to be resolved on my bike.

And I agree with Marty Hill's reply, except once I switched to HIDs I don't even burn out headlight bulbs anymore.